The cultural and economic context of maternal infanticide : a crying baby and the inability to escape

• Main Author: Smithey, Martha, (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
• Edition: First edition.
• Subjects: Infanticide.; Motherhood > Social aspects.; Motherhood > Cross-cultural studies.; Motherhood > Psychological aspects.; Social Science > Criminology.; Crime & criminology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787433274 (e-book); 9781787439511 (ePUB)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 123 pages) : illustrations

Almost every story of maternal infanticide starts with "the baby wouldn't stop crying". But the story is more than just bad or mentally ill mothers who lethally assault their baby. The story is about how hard it is to be a good mother in a society where women are expected to raise t...